Interview : conducted by Oliver Daniel, Sept. 14, 1976.

Format:

Other

Author/Creator:

Chávez, Carlos, 1899-1978, interviewee.

Contributor:

Daniel, Oliver, interviewer.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Chávez, Carlos, 1899-1978. Caballos de vapor.

Chávez, Carlos.

List, Eugene, 1918-1985.

List, Eugene.

Copland, Aaron, 1900-1990.

Copland, Aaron.

Genre:

Interviews.

Oral histories (literary works)

Sound recordings.

Physical Description:

1 audiocassette : analog

1 sound tape reel : analog, 7 1/2 ips, 2 tracks, NAB standard ; 10 1/2 in., 1/4 in. tape

digital ; 4 3/4 in.

9 leaves

Contained In:

Oliver Daniel Research Collection on Leopold Stokowski. Folder 537; Box 52, CD 031.

Place of Publication:

Sept. 14, 1976.

Summary:

Carlos Chávez remembers Stokowski conducting the Philadelphia Orchestra in the 1920s; meeting Stokowski in 1930 in Mexico; and Stokowski performing Chávez's ballet H.P. at the Metropolitan Opera House in Philadephia in 1932 with sets by Diego Rivera. Chávez conducted the Philadelphia Orchestra in 1932 at Stokowski's invitation. He discusses Stokowski performing his works Sinfonia India and Sinfonia Antigona (Symphonies, no. 1 and no. 2) and their correspondence regarding these works; and Stokowski's travels in Mexico accompanied by Chávez. He also mentions Evangeline Johnson; Eugene List; Stravinsky; his friendship with Aaron Copland; Mina Laderman Daniels; and meeting Rachmaninoff with Stokowski in Philadelphia.

Notes:

Recorded on Sept. 14, 1976 in New York, N.Y. at Oliver Daniel's office.

Original copy: cassette tape 28; preservation copy: one 10 1/2 in. reel to reel tape 31; service copy: one compact disk CD 031. Preservation and service copies recorded October and November 2000.